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Scott N. Keeney
Scott Keeney Selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

Scott N. Keeney, a member of the Molecular Biology Program within the Sloan Kettering Institute, was one of 56 researchers to be appointed a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator in 2008.
Thomas Kelly Named to Advisory Committee at National Institutes of Health

Sloan Kettering Institute Director Thomas J. Kelly has been named a member of the Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) at the National Institutes of Health.
Pictured: James Allison
James Allison Elected to the Institute of Medicine

James P. Allison, Chair of the Immunology Program in the Sloan Kettering Institute, has been elected a member of the Institute of Medicine.
Lorenz Studer
Team Creates Muscle Cells from Embryonic Stem Cells

A team of Memorial Sloan Kettering investigators has reported for the first time a novel strategy to coax human embryonic stem cells (HESCs) to develop into cells that could potentially be used to repair the musculoskeletal system, including bone, cartilage, and muscle.
Joan Massagué
Joan Massagué Wins Passano Prize

Joan Massagué is the recipient of the 2007 Passano Award for the originality and importance of his work elucidating the mechanism of action for transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-b) signaling.
Pictured: Johanna Joyce
Johanna Joyce Named to Geoffrey Beene Chair

Johanna Joyce, of the Sloan Kettering Institute's Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, has been named the first incumbent of a Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair.
Samuel Danishefsky
Chemist Samuel Danishefsky Wins Trio of Awards

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center chemist Samuel J. Danishefsky will be honored with three major awards this spring. Dr. Danishefsky is the incumbent of a Eugene W. Kettering Chair and a member of the Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program in the Sloan Kettering Institute.
Pictured: Joan Massagué
Joan Massagué Wins Vilcek Prize

The inaugural Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Research has been awarded by The Vilcek Foundation to Joan Massagué, Chairman of the Sloan Kettering Institute's Cancer Biology and Genetics Program.
Integrin Receptor Protein Found to Contribute To Tumor Angiogenesis

Scientists at Sloan Kettering Institute have discovered that the α6ß4 integrin, one of several receptor proteins, plays a key role in signaling for the formation of new blood vessels for a tumor, a process called tumor angiogenesis. By blocking the signaling activity of the α6ß4 subunit of this integrin on vascular cells, researchers found they could slow the growth of tumors.
Thomas Kelly
Thomas Kelly Wins General Motors Cancer Research Award

In recognition of his contributions in basic science related to cancer research, Sloan Kettering Institute Director Thomas J. Kelly has been awarded the 2004 Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize by the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation.